a Pretty Paisley quilt

Early in November I received these gorgeous fabrics from Lesley Grainger. She's a wonderful surface designer and these are fabrics from her newest fabric collection called Pretty Paisley with Robert Kaufman. They are the most thick and soft flannel and I was so excited to get working with them!

There are two color stories in the collection and I'm using the Retro colorway. I thought it was warm and fall like and I just really liked these colors. There's a panel print and 8 coordinating prints. I threw these all in the wash (I find it helpful to pre-wash and dry flannel fabrics) and set out looking in some books for an idea for the quilt top.

I knew I wanted to include the panel prints somehow and I had to cut carefully as I was limited by fq cuts of the other fabrics. That was part of the fun for me... trying to figure out what kind of design to make with a limited amount of fabric.
I'll be back on Monday to share what I came up with!

I hope you have a great weekend. I'll be busy making Christmas cookies and doing some shopping for gifts. December has surely snuck up on me fast and I'm a little (ok... a lot) behind in getting all my gifts together!
~Jessica
**and a special thanks to all of you who voted for my Three Pears Pillow in the Celebrate Color Needlepoint category! I'm so surprised and excited to have won. Thank you!